UFC 230 results: Cormier chokes Lewis to retain heavyweight title

New York, November 4: Daniel Cormier chokes Derrick Lewis to defend the UFC Heavyweight Championship in the main event of UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday (November 3).

In the event headliner, Cormier used his ground game and submitted Lewis using the Rear Naked Choke (RNC) at 2 minutes 14 seconds in the second round to become the first man in UFC history to defend both the 205-pound and heavyweight belts.

The result meant it was DC's third straight victory since a no-contest with Jon Jones at UFC 214 last year, while Lewis was snapped of his three-fight winning streak. DC is slated to face WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar next year.

In the co-main event, Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza looked to have broken his nose thanks to hometown's Chris Weidman's striking, but the Brazilian bounced back to win via TKO in the third round of the middleweight bout.

With that win, Souza gets back among the wins after suffering a split-decision loss to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 224. Weidman, meanwhile, has now lost four of his last five.

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